ná-wiht
nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not
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Ic nóht ðon ǽr ðære ærninge blon, 5, 6; S. 619, 15
ge-settan
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Tó gesetton dæge gelǽste hé ꝥ hé ǽr sceolde, Ll. Th. i. 260, 14.
stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Voc. ii. 5, 29. a letter as representing a minute detail Án strica oððe án stæf ðære ealdan ǽ ne biþ forgǽged, Homl. Th. ii. 200, 1. in pl. a collection of written symbols, a letter, writing Hé mé ealle on stafum áwrát, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 3.
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willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
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Wéndon and woldon, ðæt hié on elþeódigum ǽt geworhton, Andr. Kmbl. 2145; An. 1074. absolute, of purpose to go Nú wille ic ðam líge neár, Cd. Th. 47, 14; Gen. 760. Ðá hé him from wolde, Past. 3; Swt. 35, 19.
ge-trymman
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Man þá burh worhte and getrymode æt Witanhám, Chr. 913; P. 97, 33. Hé his forðfóre getrymede mid onfangennesse þæs dryhtenlican líchaman obitum suum dominici corporis perceptione munivit, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 359, 8.
sécan
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Add Hé healdeð Meotudes ǽ. . . and gebedu séceð, Ph. 458. Hý fæsten lufiað . and gebedu sécað, Gú. 781. Secge wé . . . ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest, Vald. 1. 18.
ge-dafenlíc
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ decent ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ hăbĭlis
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Ælf. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 20. Gedafenlíc þeódnes [MS. seodnys] hăbĭlis conjunctio, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 118; Wrt. Voc. 54, 60. Us dæg endebyrdnysse mid gedafenlícre cymþ nōbis dies ordĭne congruo vēnit, Hymn. Surt. 38, 3.
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ece
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Ðǽr ( in hell) is éce æce (ece, v. l. ), Wlfst. 114, 4. Nis þǽr ( in heaven ) ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, Bl. H. 25, 30. Heora sina forscruncon . . . ꝥ hí hrýmdon for ece, Hml. S. 35, 318. Hé biþ ece hál, Lch. ii. 308, 2.
ge-bod
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Ǽlc . . . þára þe þá gebodu gehýrde, Ll. Th. i. 232, 12. a command, an order of the Deity Gif ꝥ sóþ is . . . hit wæs unnet gebod . . . ꝥ God beád.
ǽnig
unicus
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Næs riht on ðǽre stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne, Nar. 30, 2. gen. pl. combined with ǽlc to emphasize? cf. ánra gehwilc :-- Gefultuma mé ánegra (-e, v. l. ) ǽlces fylstes bedǽled, Hml. S. 23 b, 441. [Or ? áneg = single, sole; cf. O. Sax. énag: O. H.
ofer-fyll
Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking ⬩ crapula
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Ǽlc oferfyl fét unhǽlo, Prov. Kmbl. 61. Nǽfre oferfyl ne filige, forðí nis cristenum monnum nán þing swá wiðerweardlíc swá swá oferfyl, R. Ben. 63, 19-21. Seó oferfyll simle fét unþeáwas, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 27: Blickl. Homl. 37, 14.
twi-rǽde
of two minds ⬩ uncertain ⬩ undecided ⬩ irresolute ⬩ of divided counsel ⬩ without unanimity
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that it appears to you, that it will never with your consent be changed ...Or again, whether in any plan you are so uncertain, that it may help you, if it is carried out, or if it is not, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 5-9. of divided counsel, without unanimity Ǽlc
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for-swelgan
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Se fisc forswylcð þone angel forð mid þám ǽse, Hml. Th. i. 216, 12. Þe lǽs wulfas forswelgen ( devorent ) míne sceáp, Coll. M. 20, 15. Forswelgan lurcare, An. Ox. 3573. fig. Forswelð devorat (os impiorum iniquitatem ), Kent.
be-fealdan
to fold up ⬩ roll up ⬩ to bendthe body ⬩ to fold up in something ⬩ wrap up ⬩ to entwine; ⬩ implicare ⬩ to involve ⬩ implicate ⬩ to attach
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Hé (the town) wæs tó þæs pápan ǽhte bifealden, Hml. A. 199, 150
be-gitan
To get ⬩ obtain ⬩ take ⬩ acquire ⬩ to seek out ⬩ receive ⬩ gain ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ sumere ⬩ obtinere ⬩ assequi ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ capere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere
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To get, obtain, take, acquire, to seek out, receive, gain, seize, lay hold of, catch; sumere, obtinere, assequi, acquirere, nancisci, capere, comprehendere, arripere Ǽlc mód wilnaþ sóþes gódes to begitanne every mind wishes to get the true good Bt. 24
un-tígan
To untie ⬩ unbind ⬩ loose
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Ne untígð ( soluit ) eówer ǽlc on restedæge his oxan oððe assan fram ðære binne? Lk. Skt. 13, 15. Gyt gemétaþ assan folan getíged ... untígaþ hyne. Gif inc hwá áhsaþ hwí gyt hyne untígeaþ ...
hwít
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Fæst ǽlc dæge tó nónes and tó ánes métes búton sunnandæg, and forgá hwít, Wlfst. 289, 25. Cf. Ðá ðé on þás hálgan tíde magon cýse and ǽgra and fisc forgán, swíþe heálic fæsten ꝥ bið, Ll. Th. ii. 438, II.
ná-hwæþer
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</b> as a grammatical term, neuter :-- Neutrum is náðor cynn . . . ðis cyn gebyrað oftost tó náðrum cynne, Ælf. Gr.
oft
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Oft nalles ǽne, B. 3019 : Cri. 1195. Oft nalæs seldon, Ps. Th. 74, 4. Oft and gelóme, Gen. 1670: Hy. 3, 46. Oft gelóme, Gen. 1539. Swíðe oft, Mt. 23, 37: An. 618. Búta oftor (crebro) geðuógon hondo, Mk. L., R. 7, 3 : Dan. 758.
á-dílgian
to destroy, &c., obliterate ⬩ to blot out iniquity, &c.
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Nú man ǽlc yfel mæg mid góde ádílgian (-dílegian, Hatt. MS.) cum mala cuncta bonis sequentibus deluantur, 348, 16. Similar entries v. also a-dylegian in Dict